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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: hooskerdoo #162505 10/15/2006 8:16 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland why is it "dekatri" and not "triskaideka" Probably because the knowledge of Greek is not as widespread as it used to be in the era of Alexander the Great Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Paraskevidekatriaphobia Jackie 10/13/2006 2:30 PM Re: Paraskevidekatriaphobia Aramis 10/13/2006 6:45 PM Re: Paraskevidekatriaphobia zmjezhd 10/13/2006 8:48 PM Re: Paraskevidekatriaphobia Zed 10/13/2006 10:22 PM Re: hooskerdoo zmjezhd 10/13/2006 10:40 PM Re: hooskerdoo Hydra 10/15/2006 4:18 AM Re: hooskerdoo wsieber 10/15/2006 8:16 AM Re: rothwelsch zmjezhd 10/15/2006 10:07 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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